THE taxpayer bill for witnesses and their legal costs at the Mahon Tribunal continues to mount – a year and a half after the planning corruption inquiry stopped hearing evidence.

THE taxpayer bill for witnesses and their legal costs at the Mahon Tribunal continues to mount – a year and a half after the planning corruption inquiry stopped hearing evidence.

FORMER Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor is alleged to have used offices in Leinster House to discuss plans for lands at the centre of the Flood Tribunal’s planning bribes investigation.